Online Booking · updated 2026-08-08

How payment and fraud screening work for online bookings in Dumpster Controls

Online payments run through Stripe on the Dumpster Controls platform, with automatic fraud screening before any risky charge reaches your operations.

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   The payment is initialized server-side

   When the customer reaches checkout, the platform creates a Stripe payment for the exact total: your invoice amount plus the processing fee share defined by your "Processing Fee Strategy". The minimum online order is $10 (the server rejects smaller totals with "The minimum order amount is $10."). The card is saved securely so future extra charges, such as overweight fees, can be billed to the same card.

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   The charge is screened for fraud

   Every payment is evaluated with Stripe Radar plus an internal risk score. Legitimate payments are captured normally. The highest-risk payments are declined before any money moves: the customer sees a neutral "Payment Not Authorized" screen stating "For security reasons, we were unable to authorize this payment. Your card was not charged.", and no order is created.

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   Borderline payments are held for review

   Suspicious but not clearly fraudulent payments can be held for manual review by the Dumpster Controls team. A held order stays invisible to your operations (no invoice, no dispatch task) until it is approved; if approved, the payment is captured and the order is released with the note "Approved after risk review".

4. 4

   Money and records are created

   On a successful charge, the platform creates the order, a paid invoice (numbered ORD- followed by six characters) with a line item describing the dumpster and dates, and the payment record with the full fee breakdown. Your payout comes later through the standard payout flow when the order completes.